"news nation" is following developing news, president obama in the grountd in san francisco where in 30 minutes from now he'll make new remarks on immigration reform. last week he told the wall street journal he would accept an piecemeal approach as long as the end result is the same. we will bring you the president's comments live when they happen. we're also following this deadly winter storm affecting millions of people and holiday plans as it tweaks across the country dumping rain and snow and ice. the storm system is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. most are due to treacherous road conditions, including ice covered roads in oklahoma and texas and new mexico. ice is also expected to blanket, virginia and parts of the carolinas tonight and into tomorrow. parts of utah and colorado are already covered in up to a foot of snow.

as the system makes its way east, pennsylvania and upstate new york are expecting to see high snow as well. high levels of snow. the worgs the of the weather is expected to hit the mid-atlantic and northeast region sometime between tuesday morning into wednesday morning. you know what that means. even as americans far from the storm's path are feeling the pain as it affects flights across the country over the weekend, 300 flights were canceled at dallas ft. worth alone in anticipation of the icy weather. that's on top of more than 650 cancellations made by american airlines and many of the nations busiest airports. travelers can expect more cancellations to be announced. >> going to stay out here and sleep for a little while. didn't get much sleep on the airplane so -- >> stay here and wait until they let me in the terminal. >> when it's weather related, i don't think there's a whole lot they can do. >> the weather channel's kyla

grogan is joining us. people are panicking wondering if they'll get to their destination. >> it's just not going to be easy, tamron. here we are taking a live look at the radar. all of the rain tracking out of texas. look at that area in pink and blue. those are icy conditions and that's the danger that we have with these storms, the warm moist air from the gulf meeting up with incredibly fridge it arctic air from the north. that creates the icy conditions and that's why planes have a really tough time taking off and that's why the roads get incredibly dangerous. we're expecting this from little rock heading over into memphis, tennessee. as we get into tomorrow, that wintry mix and freezing rain tracking east and we're seeing it surprising places, north georgia, charlotte you as well. it's going to be a treacherous time on roads for anyone. we're looking at ice accumulation and it is possible

everywhere you see in light purple as well. tomorrow, the northeast of course huge population center here. and we can see all of that purple and pink before the ice could be. along i-95 corridor rain. if we head west and out to syracuse, snow and plenty of it, as we get into tomorrow night as well, the i-959 corridor expecting 2 to 4 inches of rain in the area you see in the dark green. that can make it difficult right there but then you add in the wintry mix if you're going in central pennsylvania and northern parts of new england it is dangerous and could be deadly as we've seen on highways in oklahoma and texas. this is the concern and this is why you're seeing a lot of flights canceled and it's also why people are just going to have to pack patience. there's no getting around this weather. the good news, tamron, thursday is actually going to clear out all along the east coast and the country looking much better. at least when you're heading home you should have a better

ride. >> if you get to your destination so you can head home. thank you very much, we'll keep our audience up to date. a lot of people arvegted by this. israel's prime minister netanyahu will dispatch a top envoy to the united states in the coming days to discuss a final nuclear deal with iran. in the last hour, deputy national security adviser responded to an associated press report that the u.s. had been in at least five high level meetings with iran since march. >> what we said very clearly to israel and again to our other partners if any of the contacts we had with iran got to the point of actual substance and negotiations, they would be immediately informed and that's what happened. when prime minister netanyahu was here some weeks ago, the president told him at that point, the contacts we had because they were actually starting to reach the point of a serious discussion. >> and prime minister netanyahu

criticized the deal as a historic mistake. this freezes iran's nuclear program in place for six months stock piles closest to weapons grade and allows daily inspections of iran's nuclear facilities. in return, iran gets 6 to $7 billion in sanctions relief and the deal calls for no new sanctions for six months. there's been bipartisan criticism of the deal from members of congress. >> i think this was a deal for the sake of a deal. i think that's dangerous. it makes the next six months even more difficult to get to a place where we need to be where we can say we feel comfortable. >> i think it bodes ominously for the region and in fact u.s. securi security. >> it leaves in place one of the most sophisticated enrichment programs around. >> i just thought they gave away too much and got too little back in this political agreement. i think it maukz it harder to

get, not easier to get to the ultimate agreement. >> i don't think you make them bargain in good faith by going squishy. >> joining me now, professor at northwest university and bob bobby -- was this the leap of faith that needed to be tried, meaning if this deal were not put in place, how would a solid time line available for iran to reach their part of the agreement or see more sanctions and punishment here? >> given the circumstances, given obama is politically given where iran is politically and the other five nations involved are, this was possibly the best deal that was available. everyone quotes ronald reagan trust but verify, but the situation with iran before the deal was we could do neither trust nor really verify. what we're now in a situation

where we don't have to trust but we can verify. >> a firm timeline which is something the administration avoided. >> of all of the data points you threw up there, the most crucial one is daily inspections. now we can go into all of the nuclear facilities and get a clear view of what's going on. it makes it a lot harder for iran to try to sneak one past us. >> ian, let me bring you in. another comment made by tony blinken. he said this is not an acceptance of iran's right to enrich uranium, which some analysis out of iran or some claims is that that is what the west is accepting here. how do you see it? >> well, it certainly doesn't make that acceptance. that's a very important point. what it does do is recognize that there's a distinction between civilian use of nuclear research and the military and the controversy has always brn over stopping iran, using the research for military purposes.

this deal moves a long way towards affirming the daily inspections that can make sure it's not being used for military purposes. it's a very, very smart deal. it's also the terms more or less along which some deal will get made at some point, trading military research against the sanctions. that's the way that this crisis is going to eventually get work out, better to do it sooner than later. >> you heard the criticism from benjamin netanyahu and members of congress, the laundry list, we rarely see bipartisan agreement on everything, but that flooded out, saudi arabia criticizing the deal, many pointing out that is for oil interest reasons that its criticism is coming in here. at this point, you do have what our first read team calls this put up or shut up, their words here, may 2014 deadline, something we've not seen before. >> well, what it does is sets a path in which the sanctions are eased as long as we can confirm

there's no military nuclear research in iran. i think that seems like a very sensible position. i think most people will agree with that and the saudi government has softened its original criticism as well, many voices in israel quite favorable for that arrangement as well. what we see with the critics, a cultural commitment on the part of some hard liners to the view that no deal that iran accepts could possibly be good. there are people who are invested in the continuation of conflict between the sides and confrontation. those people aren't in power in iran or the u.s. now. i think that's a good moment for making this sort of arrangement. >> let me play a bit of what david rhodes, the national security adviser what he said on the daily rundown with the possibility that congress could impose new sanctions against iran. let me play that. >> we do not believe there should be a movement towards new sanctions right now. we want to test this agreement. we don't see the need to do it now during the life of the agreement because that could

cause divisions within our p5 plus 1 and complicate the diplomacy. let's keep those as leverage. if the iranians cheat or woe don't get a deal at the end of the six months. >> congressman engle, was quoted and noted that the bill was passed in the house by july 400-20 but it's difficult for the senate to do sanctions now and we know of course the president has the option to veto. how does the administration deal with the concerns of israel and also put off members of congress who really want to press forward here? >> that's the big challenge for the president. he has to convince members of congress that he does now have leverage in iran. the question is -- the question is always one of leverage. netanyahu and those opposed to this deal have been saying, you take your foot off the gas a little bit, you take pressure off iran and the rest of the world no longer has leverage. what the president has to assure

congress is that these daily inspection regimes, the daily inspection regime every day going into these various facilities and keeping a close eye on what it rounds up to, that gifsz the rest of the world leverage and p5 plus 1 leverage if there is the slightest hint, the sanctions come roaring back on. it is not a large amount for the country. the size that has been set back quite dramatically by the sanctions over the past few years, we're not paying a huge amount of money for this. but what the president is going to say in exchange for very little money, getting a lot more access and that's what we want. >> ian, a lot of people don't fully grasp the crippling effects that these sanctions have had on iran and how we got to this point at this very time. >> yeah, it's hard to know whether the sanctions have

brought about this and whether it seems more likely. it's the fact there's a new regime in iran that recognizes the interests differently and new thinking in washington. often here and this analysis as a report on the ground is, the impact of the sanctions and thus putting pressure on the leaders in iran. >> no doubt. so i think eventually the sanctions need to be for a purpose. if the purpose is to get the iranians to change their position on the military use of nuclear technology, then an arrangement such as this is pretty much inevitable, the only way forward. it is a real test for netanyahu and his coalition, the thing they are scared of is a nuclear armed iran. if that's what they're scared

of, this arrangement helps alleviate their fears. so hopefully the obama administration can communicate that clearly. >> just quickly, ian, before i talk about afghanistan here, what are your concerns as relates to iran as you see this as a strong deal, logical deal. not everyone obviously is as certain as you seem to be that iran is a reasonable partner in this and honest, trust worthy partner in this. >> i don't think there's any reason to assume they are not a trust worthy partner in this but as was pointed out earlier, it includes daily inspections of nuclear sites. you can't do much secret science if there's daily inspections in your laboratory. >> let me transition to afghanistan. bobby, you've got national security adviser susan rice meeting with hamid karzai after this weekend, surprise with karzai said he would not sign this bilateral security agreement even though the tribal leaders that he wanted to confer

with had done so. and yet again, more language, lashing out at the government, accusing of undermining and saying he wants to wait until after an election there, potentially until after april. >> this is karzai who lost all credibility with his own people and needs something to say. and he's done this before. this is part of a pattern of behavior where he comes out and says something that his officials later have to walk him back. eventually he walks back himself. we've gotten used to this kind of behavior -- >> but he's still asking for troops to remain there, somewhere around 7,000 to 10,000, won't sign this agreement. and obviously -- >> he wants his cake and wants to eat it too. that's not how it works and surely there are advisers around him who understand this and he'll understand it himself eventually. it's a question that you have to let karzai be karzai if you like. this is part of the trouble of dealing with the person like

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welcome back, we have new developments in the steubenville ohio rape case. a grand jury has indicted a school superintendent and three other adults in connection with the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two football players. the superintendent, 50-year-old michael mcvee was charged with tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice. he could face up to seven years in prison if convicted of all of the charges. assistant coach was charged with allowing underage drinking and make a false statement. he said this was a case where people were more interested in protecting an institution than

protecting the victim. >> start out being about the kids. it is also just as much about the parents about the grown-ups and adults. how do you hold kids accountable if you don't hold the adults accountable? >> joining me now, michael smerconish. it's interesting, we've talked and focused so much on the case, what was happening in the courtroom with the two young men who were eventually convicted here but now the eyes are back on the adults here. what is your take as this is now folding into adult responsibility and enabling behavior according to the attorney general? >> the indictments don't layout the particulars with regard to the new defendants. in a word or in a word or two, it's cover-up and it's enabling. and tamron, one of the ironies in this case, the two young men who have been convicted of rape

and sentenced to in excess of a year in a juvenile facility, if these individuals, the adults are convicted, they will end up doing far more time than the two rapists, that let's you know the seriousness which the system looks at this behavior. >> he said it was a culture of anything goes. we often hear that around sports particularly when the team is a great powerhouse that a lot is covered up, maybe bad grades that somehow get amended or bad behavior. he said all too often parents have put on blinders and allow their kids to have phones and cars and let them have these parties and all the way the lines of appropriate behavior simply get blurred. do you think this was an overreaching statement or fair assessment? >> based on what we now know about this case because of the two convictions it seems like it's a fair assessment and there's one more dynamic in this

particular case, this is one of those communities and there are many across the country where football is king. so the perception is that there was a lot of -- there were a lot of breaks that were afforded to individuals whose behavior was bad beyond the two rapists but because their football status they are given behavior in a path they would not have. >> i'm from texas where football is king, you see it with basketball programs as well and sports culture. it's just this is a football school. michael, the other thing says it's up to adults to intervene and up to adults to change things here. do you think perhaps if this case is eye opening to somebody some of the students that this will be eye opening to parents as well given these allegations that some of these adults in charge obstructed justice and even tampered with evidence here? these are the allegations until they are proven guilty, anyway.

>> i think it will. it reminds me of the florida bullying case where a young woman took her life after allegedly being bullied by colleagues, so-called former friends. i think what it speaks to is the obligation on the part of parents to be in the loop with regard to their kids' social media. none of this behavior is new. what's new is the way it gets documented and spread around in a particular community because of technology. >> right, that's a point that was made also by the attorney general. these have been charged but not convicted and this is an ongoing situation. we'll see where it goes, thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. >> civil rights activists are calling on prosecutors to increase charges against four san jose state university students accused of harassing their african-american roommate. the incident has already sparked student protest on a california campus, now the naacp and other organizations are set to hold a press conference urging authorities to file felony hate crimes charges against the students. the students currently face

misdemeanor hate crime and battery charges according to police, the group allegedly put a bike lock around the african-american student's neck, locked him in his dorm room and taunted him with racial slurs. a confederate flag and picture of adolph hitler were seen there. he has not been identified at his parents' request. saying we are deeply disturbed by the horrific behavior that have taken place against our son. our immediate focus is his protection. we've taken a stand on this matter. the san jose mercury news reporter david early joins me. as i understand it, the boy didn't come forward, according to reporting, his parents came to the school and saw a slur on the wall in his room and that's how this moved forward? >> yes, they came in october and the boy had been in school since august. and they walked into his freshman dormitory room to find

a confederate flag, and to find the word scrolled on a board in the room. this was their welcome to san jose state where their son had been in school since august. >> obviously -- i want to brace our audience, that's the word on there, some people may take offense to you saying it out -- as you just did and others will say you have to tell what happened there and its truth. but bottom line is, there are some people who knew of the confederate flag being on the door and asked the men to move it out of public view. but were other people allegedly aware of what was happening according to this boy and his family? >> yes, from what we understand and the mercury news did the original reporting on this. from what we understand the resident managers of the

dormitory had been told on several occasions. they knew about the flag. the flag was in the window and asked the young men to tape take the flag down so people couldn't see it from outside. they knew about it but that was the end of anything having to do with the flag in a public place. the fact that a black kid was in that suite of rooms as a roommate, did not seem to bother or alarm the resident managers of dormitory at all. >> in the reporting, the young men who have been charged with participating in these misdemeanor crimes as they stand right now, they reportedly said these were pranks and it wasn't fueled by race. the school is 3% -- 33,000 students there are african-american. and you will have people, who will wonder, why the young man didn't maybe go to a black

student organization or turn these people in to school officials before the parents got involved. has he explained what he was experiencing so much that it silenced him if these allegations are true? >> yes, he's 17 years old. he's going away to college for first time. he's away from home and excited and happy and wants to have a great experience and keeps thinking that this too shall pass. it will go away, that they'll stop. it can't continue to escalate. but it did and then it went on for two months of him trying to get along and go along. this kid couldn't hang out in his room or hang out with people in the hall. he was being tormented and tortured. and he somehow just thought that a kid might think, you know, this will pass. it never did. >> the young men who have been

charged with these misdemeanors, did they admit to police any of this behavior? >> yes, they completely admitted to all of the behavior. but they went on to say that if it's just pranks, just kids, you know, messing around in the dormitory. >> what are authorities saying regarding this push to have more serious charges put against them? >> authorities are doing a full investigation from a to z kinds of investigation which is a good thing. and at that point they will make a decision as to if they will further the charges or not. it's not going to happen simply because organizations are asking. it needs to happen based on -- >> with their investigation, thanks. >> we appreciate it, with the san jose mercury news there. >> still ahead, we will learn -- will we learn anything new about the newtown massacre that left 20 first graders and 6 staff

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state's investigation may never be made public xgt the prosecutors report was initially supposed to be released this summer but pushed back to today. ahead of its release, the school superintendent has sent a letter to parents to make sure they are prepared, reading in part, we all understand that for the children who were directly affected by this tragedy, the release of the report in the upcoming anniversary can carry a very personal meaning. nbc's rehema ellis is in connecticut. she joins us now. you have people who believe or wonder if there are still so many unanswered questions, why does this report need to be released now? >> reporter: well, that is one of the questions surrounding all of this. many people wanted to hear about this long before now. the governor of connecticut said he's glad it's coming out now and not right at the time of this anniversary of this shooting a year ago and maybe that might soften the blow, if you will, of this tragedy being

just revisited for the families of this community around here. but this summary report, we expect it's going to be about 50 pages of a much larger report that's thousands of pages. we think it might get clarity, if you will, maybe details about what happened that day. for example, we know that adam lanza had diaries, maybe the report will tell us what was contained in those diaries, it was six we think. we also might learn about his medical history. we know from the autopsy report there were no illegal substances in his body at that time. but we don't know about his medical history. we also don't know the medical history of his mother and whether or not that may have played a part in his behavior. in addition, we want to find unite, what if any contacts he had online and try to find out if this particular report is going to shed some light on any details about adam lanza's plan. did he have a plan to go into

the school, what he would do once he got into the school? if he planned to engage with police. if he had a plan for escaping police and what he might have done beyond the shooting at the school. questions that we don't know and we might find out shortly and maybe a part of what's in this report. what people are telling me they suspect they will not know, the motive behind the shooting. and that right now is the primary question that so many people wish they had an answer to. >> tamron? >> thank you, very much, rehema. >> we have live pictures as we await president obama's remarks on immigration reform. last week the president said he would be open to a piecemeal approach as long as we don't, quote, leave behind the tougher stuff that still needs to get done. we'll carry the president's remarks, plus police across the country on higher alert of a brutal stunt where teenagers randomly attack people knocking them unconscious in the name of fun. some lawmakers are looking to

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we are following developing news from san francisco. president obama will deliver a speech on immigration reform, recently taken back seats to health care and iran and the budget. the president will be speaking to an invited crowd at the recreational center that serves the chinese community there. later today attend two fundraisers for the democratic national committee. in his speech he is expected to renew calls on republican leaders to move on immigration legislation which is stalled in the house. yesterday house majority whip kevin mcchargethy said reform is not dead. >> immigration reform is going to happen. going to happen in a step by step method. the president came out and supported that the other day. >> mccarthy and other

republicans have not laid out a time line for possible legislation and made it clear that it will not happen this year. nbc without correspondent peter alexander is in san francisco traveling with the president. and of course nbc news senior editor mark murray, we'll start off with you here. interesting back drop, also that the community center services the chinese community there. so many people associate this immigration debate slufly with latino or the latino vote. and this reminds us it is not just that. >>. >> reporter: we 1.3 million of them are of asian descent. 25% of the population of the u.s. is from asia, that's particularly significant in this community. he's speaking at the recreation center named after a woman killed, a flight attendant during the 9/11 attacks. not just for the chinese community but the entire region, the san francisco bay area, this is a significant issue.

the technological community, startups throughout this area benefit heavily from foreign born talent. one of the points the president is sure to emphasize today. he'll also stress according to advisers that there is only one faction within the republican party that he insists that's blocking common sense immigration reform from happening, that he says that's the tea party. the real challenge, tamron, for the president right now, given all of the talk right now and debate in washington about the failures of the obama care website, the real challenge for him is to try to refocus attention on this other topic, on the topic of immigration we wants to get done. he says as he told faith leaders a couple of weeks ago, he hopes it will be judged on its own merits and not get stuck in other debates on washington. >> new york times points out, 63% of americans back a way to get citizenship, the president said last week he would be game

for a piecemeal approach as long as the end result is the same. what do you believe will likely happen as we move forward, given the opposition that we know that is clear but what some republicans are saying that a deal will get done? >> there still is a good possibility that some type of immigration legislation gets done next year. this year there aren't enough days in congress to get that done. this congress lasted 2013 and 2014. one of the reasons there is still optimism, republican leadership in the house seems to be on board for some type of immigration deal. peter just mentioned the tea party is against this but leadership realizes that going forward in future presidential elections and important senate contests that having the latino vote and immigrant vote would be very important to the republican party's long-term health as we saw president obama clean mitt romney's clock with latino voters in the 2012 election.

leaders see a big reason to get this done, the big question is whether the rank in file will allow that to happen. >> that remains the question on everything, when you have the rank and file republicans some still focused on repealing the health care law. when we talk about -- it's interesting on this one year anniversary of newtown, there seems to be a sentiment with pull l public polling that some type of gun legislation would move forward. that didn't happen despite public will or desire. when you look at the polling with immigration reform, you do wonder if a deal is reached, what it will look like? >> there have beendy verge ent goals between the rank and file and their leadership. we've seen time and time again john boehner says i'm not going to bring legislation forward that doesn't have the support of majority of republicans. then he brings legislation forward that has support of minority of republicans during the budget debates or violence against women act. it has been done before. the thing about being the house

speaker of the house and leadership, you can bring legislation before and get it passed and democrats are saying, you bring the legislation to the senate and this could get the 217, 218 needed for passage. if there is something like that that occurs, we probably wouldn't see that until the final days of 2014. >> mark, thank you very much. peter thank you as well. we'll bring the presidential remarks as soon as he starts there. >> still ahead, a philadelphia contractor charged now with murder. six months after a deadly building collapse has led to new guidelines for demolition in that city. we'll have the very latest on the new charges. plus, is another bloomberg ban on the way? first smoking in restaurants, then trans fats and leaders in new york city are debating whether to get rid of styrofoam. is it necessary or would some call more nanny sake behavior?

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now to a dangerous stunts happening across the country. bands of teenagers attacking innocent people to impress their friends much it's called the knockout game. teenagers knocking people out for the fun of it, they even target women and kids. now cases are piling up and police are on high alert. jeff rossen has more. >> reporter: watch this woman walking down the street. a stranger runs up and clocks her from behind. a soccer punch so brutal, the victim lays on the sidewalk unable to move. in new jersey, it appears these guys filmed their own attack. >> oh, damn. >> reporter: the suspects laughing and bragging about it. >> quitter. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, watch this man on the right side of the screen. a group of teenagers knock him out in broad daylight. no warning at all.

he drops face down on the curb. the victim, this school teacher, who was simply walking home. >> i was hit with one punch that knocked me to the cold concrete. my body and face were bruised and it's a horrific thing to see. >> police fear the knockout game has been spreading with cases from san diego to st. louis and chicago. in syracuse, two men were killed in possible knockout cases. in new york city, police are investigating at least seven attacks and made one arrest. >> it appears these are random acts of violence, no robbery, it's just simply youth making a decision they are going to try to punch somebody out. sometimes as simple as a $5 bet between themselves. >> reporter: like marvel weaver, who admits he played a version of knockout using a stun gun. he is caught, now in jail. >> lesson learned.

you know what it is and people go along with it and nothing is for nothing. it's just goes on downhill. >> reporter: downhill for the teens who do it and victims who continue to suffer. >> these kids are acting maybe not thinking and not knowing the consequences of what can happen. >> so in new york, the man arrested for playing the so-called knockout game as they call it has been charged with a hate crime. police believe the victim was targeted because he's jewish. i'll talk with a new york lawmaker who wants to stiffen the penalty for anyone found guilty of being involved in these types of attacks. he wants in some cases people to be behind bars for a couple of decades, we'll talk with him, murder charges have been announced in the deadly building collapse this summer. that tops our stories around the nation. griffin campbell has been charged with six counts of -- six second degree murder and

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